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Chris James

Senior Vice-President, U.S. Southwest operations

Chris serves as the Senior Vice-President of operations for CGI’s U.S. Southwest business unit. Chris has more than 25 years of experience in business management within the IT services industry. His experience spans state and local government, as well as the commercial sector, and covers the delivery of IT managed services, product development and support, and consulting.

Prior to joining CGI, Chris worked at EDS for 11 years. As a client delivery executive, he managed the delivery of services and supported sales in areas such as business process outsourcing, systems integration and implementation, facilities management and application outsourcing for clients across the U.S.

Chris holds an MBA with an emphasis in finance and a master’s degree in international business from the University of Texas at Dallas, as well as a bachelor’s degree in in business administration with an emphasis in finance from the University of Missouri at Columbia.

CGI Open Finance is an accelerator for digitally transforming the finance sector. By enabling the integration of traditional banks and FinTechs, it facilitates close collaboration and generates real innovation.